Yirmeyahu 48 ירמיהו מ״ח

Against Mo᾽av thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el; Woe to Nevo! for it is spoiled: Qiryatayim is confounded and taken: Misgav is confounded and dismayed.

There shall be no more praise of Mo᾽av: in Ḥeshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.

A voice of crying shall come from Ḥoronayim, spoiling and great destruction.

Mo᾽av is destroyed; her little ones have raised a cry.

For in the ascent of Luĥit with continual weeping shall they go up; for in the going down of Ḥoronayim they have heard the distressing cry of destruction.

Flee, save your lives, and be like the juniper tree in the wilderness.

For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Kemosh shall go out into exile, his priests and his princes together.

And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall be ruined, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord has spoken.

Give wings to Mo᾽av, that it may flee and get away: for her cities shall be desolate, without any to dwell in them.

Cursed be he that does the work of the Lord negligently, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood.

Mo᾽av has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into exile: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.

Therefore, behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him tilters who will tilt him, and will empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

And Mo᾽av shall be ashamed of Kemosh, as the house of Yisra᾽el was ashamed of Bet-el their confidence.

How say you, We are mighty and strong men for the war?

Mo᾽av is spoiled, and they have gone up into her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

The calamity of Mo᾽av is near at hand, and his affliction hastens space.

All you that are about him, bemoan him, and all you that know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, and the glorious rod!

Thou daughter that dost inhabit Divon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Mo᾽av shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strongholds.

O inhabitant of ῾Aro῾er, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that flees, and her that escapes, and say, What is done?

Mo᾽av is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Mo᾽av is spoiled,

and judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Ḥolon, and upon Yahża, and upon Mefa῾at,

and upon Divon, and upon Nevo, and upon Bet-divlatayim,

and upon Qiryatayim, and upon Bet-gamul, and upon Bet-me῾on,

and upon Qeriyyot, and upon Bożra, upon all the cities of the land of Mo᾽av, far or near.

The horn of Mo᾽av is cut off, and his arm is broken, says the Lord.

Make him drunk: for he magnified himself against the Lord: Mo᾽av shall wallow in his vomit, and he too shall be in derision.

For was not Yisra᾽el a derision to thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou didst speak of him, thou didst wag the head.

O you that dwell in Mo᾽av, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the mouth of the abyss.

We have heard the pride of Mo᾽av, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogance and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.

I know, says the Lord, his insolence, and his injustice; his pratings have wrought injustice.

Therefore will I howl for Mo᾽av, and I will cry out for all Mo᾽av; there will be mourning for the men of Qir-ĥeres.

O vine of Sivma I will weep for thee with the weeping of Ya῾zer: thy branches are gone over the sea, they reach to the sea of Ya῾zer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.

And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Mo᾽av; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting of joy; their shouting shall be no shouting.

From the cry of Ḥeshbon to El῾ale, to Yahaż, they have uttered their voice; from Żo῾ar to Ḥoronayim, ῾Eglat, Shelishiyya; for also the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate.

Moreover I will cause to cease in Mo᾽av, says the Lord, him that offers in the high place, and him that burns incense to his gods.

Therefore my heart shall moan for Mo᾽av like flutes, and my heart shall moan like pipes for the men of Qir-ĥeres: because the abundance that he has gained has perished.

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be gashes, and upon the loins sackcloth.

There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Mo᾽av, and in its streets; for I have broken Mo᾽av like an unwanted vessel, says the Lord.

They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how has Mo᾽av turned her back with shame! so shall Mo᾽av be a derision and a cause of despair to all them about him.

For thus says the Lord; Behold, he shall fly like an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Mo᾽av.

Qeriyyot is taken, and the strongholds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Mo᾽av at that day shall be like the heart of a woman in her pangs;

and Mo᾽av shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.

Terror, and pit, and snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Mo᾽av, says the Lord.

He that flees from the Terror shall fall into the pit; and he that gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, upon Mo᾽av, the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

In the shadow of Ḥeshbon the fugitives stood without strength: for a fire has gone out of Ḥeshbon and a flame from the midst of Siĥon, and has devoured the corner of Mo᾽av, and the crown of the head of the roaring people.

Woe to these, O Mo᾽av! The people of Kemosh is perishing: for thy sons are taken into captivity, and thy daughters into thraldom.

Yet I will bring back the captivity of Mo᾽av in the latter days, says the Lord. Thus for the judgment of Mo᾽av.